Midwinter Gardens: Influential Plants, Christmas Trees and New RHS Gardens

The new year has arrived with an Arctic blast, and so it feels like the perfect moment to retreat indoors and let the garden live in our imaginations for a while. Nick Turrell joins us to continue his countdown of the most influential plants that have shaped human history. Guy Barter shares his practical ideas for making the most of your Christmas tree in the garden, and Pru Murray takes us through some of the new partner gardens RHS members can enjoy visiting in 2026. Host: Gareth Richards Contributors: Nick Turrell, Guy Barter, Pru Murray Links: Nick Turrell's most influential plants part 1, and part 2 Visit rhs.org.uk/partnergardens to search for Partner Gardens to visit local to you and find out their opening times for members. If you want to suggest a garden to join the scheme or have any other feedback you can email the team on: partnergardens@rhs.org.uk

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Midwinter Gardens: Influential Plants, Christmas Trees and New RHS Gardens is an episode from Gardening with the RHS by Royal Horticultural Society.

This episode is 26:51 long.

This episode was published on Jan 8, 2026.

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